letargie
Czech
Etymology
From late Latin lēthargia, from Ancient Greek ληθαργία (lēthargía, “drowsiness”), from λήθαργος (lḗthargos, “forgetful, lethargic”). This is a compound of λήθη (lḗthē, “oblivion”) and ἀργός (argós, “idle”), which consists of negative prefix ἀ- (a-) and noun ἔργον (érgon, “deed, work”). [1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlɛtarɡɪjɛ]
- Rhymes: -ɪjɛ
- Hyphenation: le‧tar‧gie
Noun
letargie f
- (pathology) Lethargy (pathological drowsiness) [19th c.]
- (psychology) Lethargy (apathy, lack of emotions and interest)
- (nuclear physics) Lethargy (quantity characterizing the rate of decelaration of neutrons)
Declension
Derived terms
- letargický
References
- Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “letargie”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 375
Italian
Romanian
Declension
Declension of letargie
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